Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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All-conference team member, JeffCoHier from Partridge, finished third in the OVC conference and received an OVC scholarship. PHOTO BY: Orville Lyttle A close helping environment is provided by Coach Dan Linsey kenter to cross-country team mates, junior, Freida Moore from Olive Hill and Lynn Rutsch, from Sparta NJ. PHOTO BY.- Oruille Lyttle

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Owen hopes to get a national championship under her belt Approached by the MSUbowling coach when she was only a freshman in high . . . school, Owen had no idea the awards in store for her. She is proudest ofbeing thlS y?ar or neXt. After graduatlon She WOUId hke to do some- named an All-American Bowler, the first ever from our University. PHOTO thing in the field ofbowling, whether it is owning her own ally By; 1317 Colquhoun or going on the womenls professional tour. iiCollege bowling is very excitingfl Owen reflected seri- ously. iiIfI had to go it all over again, I donlt think I would change a thing. . - By: Karen Craigo Sharon Owen 123

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In the long run Jeff Collier, a senior and a member of the cross country team, feels that first- year coach, Dan Lindsey, has brought a lot of new ideas, a lot oftime and dedica- tion to the team? Lynn Rutsch, a member of the wom- en,s team, added, iithe coach has done an excellent job in getting the cross country program more recognition and in providing a close, helping environ- ment for the team? Coach Lindsey, who came to the Uni- versity after coaching Rowan Country High Schools cross country team to a state championship, said, iiIt felt like I was starting the program from scratch. But I enjoy taking a growing program and figuring out ways to strengthen itfi Since they only lost two seniors and were able to recruit fifteen to twenty men and women, Lindsey feels that the team will be much stronger next year and will place much higher. The highlight for the men, who com- peted against many different teams in With enthusiasm, background and knowledge as attributes, the menis cross-country team will try for the conference championship next year. PHOTO BY: Orville Lyttle T T eight meets and finished seventeen and twenty-two, was finishing third, right behind Eastern Kentucky State Univer- sity and Murray State University in the Ohio Valley Conference meet. Individually, Collier finished third in the conference and earned a spot on the All-Conference team for the second year in a row. In addition to this, he fin- ished second in three different meets and was named one of the six Ohio Val- ley Conference scholar-athletes. This honor is presented to men and women who excel in academic and ath- letic performance and show evidence of leadership. Winners are selected by the Conference Faculty Representative. The highlight for the womens team, which finished thirteen and fourteen in eight meets, was winning their own invi- tational in September. Lindsey has a fairly positive feeling from the stand point of what the cross country program is supposed to do. iiThe program is for enhancing the run- neris educational experience? He stresses that iievery runner must strive to maximize his or her potential in order to be successful in their citizen- ship and their academic and athletic en- deavors. ii His number one goal is to pro- vide an outlet for students who want to run cross country and to provide a suc- cessful team. With only nine members, there is a lack of runners for the team, but hope- fully this can be corrected by what Lind- sey calls the strongest recruiting year ever.,, New recruits include several for- mer high school state champions. Lindsey feels that the mens team has the enthusiasm, background and knowl- edge to try for the conference champi- onship next season. He also feels that the women are fairly consistent and hopes that they will be able to compete for the conference championship in two to three years... - By: Christie Sheppard Cross-country 125